I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Waited for a while near the transmission platform.

After a while, five cultivators in the early stage of refining emptiness came here under the leadership of two great masters of the fusion stage.

These two powerful men combined, one wore a white sword robe, had a thick beard and a dark face, and held a red broadsword in his arms; the other held a golden bell, wore a patchwork robe, and was dressed like a monk.

The Void-Refining cultivators who followed behind him were also dressed in similar attire.

Without even looking, Wei Tu knew that this group of cultivators should be from the other two families of the Three Mountains Taoist sect - Wenjian Mountain and Puxian Mountain.

These two mountains are not as ordinary as "Dangyang Mountain". The skills they practice are very unique. One is the number one sword-cultivating force among the human race in the spiritual world, and the other is the number one Buddhist force among the human race in the spiritual world.

After seeing Jiang Lingzi, these two great masters in the fusion state were quite surprised, as if they had not expected that Jiang Lingzi had reached the fusion state and become the leader of the Dangyang Mountain this time.

At this time, Jiang Lingzi's gentle voice sounded in Wei Tu's mind, telling Wei Tu the swordsman and monk's Taoist name, as well as his position in the force he belonged to.

“Master Jianyang, old monk Xuanku…” Wei Tu expressed his gratitude through voice transmission and secretly kept it in his heart.

However, what surprised him was that, in addition to the information transmitted by Jiang Lingzi at this moment, Ye Ya and Zhuang Changyou also introduced to him the identities and names of these cultivators from Wenjian Mountain and Puxian Mountain respectively.

Zhuang Changyou is close to Wei Tu, and he can still figure it out.

But Ye Ya...

This behavior was not like what he had previously mistakenly thought, that he was not allowed to enter and was not good at socializing.

"Could it be that Zhuang Changyou... didn't invite Ye Ya before?" Wei Tu frowned slightly, and naturally felt a little wary of Zhuang Changyou.

This person was too affectionate to him and had too many little thoughts.

After the combined monks of the three major sects communicated for a while, without wasting too much time, they stepped forward and used their magic power to activate the cross-immortal realm teleportation array marked with the words "Blood Stone".

Soon, a yellow light flashed.

Wei Tu and others appeared in a magnificent palace.

Around, in addition to the inherent teleportation platform, there is also a group of powerful monks wearing blood-red robes.

This blood-colored robe is the symbol of the Blood Stone Sect, so the cultivators were not surprised. After using their spiritual sense to spy on the surroundings, their expressions quickly returned to normal.

After that, after resting for a few days at the Blood Stone Gate, Wei Tu and other Void-Refining cultivators were swept out by the magical power of Jiang Lingzi, Master Jianyang and Old Monk Xuanku, and sped across the Jiugang Sky.

The only difference is that in addition to the leader of the Blood Stone Sect, this time the team has three more cultivators from the Blood Stone Sect who are in the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm.

The number of Void-Refining cultivators participating in this sword-fighting competition immediately reached eleven!
Two or three days later.

The cultivators arrived at the border of the Blood Stone Fairyland and met with a group of powerful alien races including the Snow Infant Clan.

The lineup of these alien warriors is not inferior to that of the human race at all. There are as many as five of them who have joined together, and the number of Void-refining monks is as many as seventeen.

"Is this girl Pei Hong's fiancée?" Wei Tu raised his eyes and looked at the beautiful and cold-faced girl in a white robe standing next to the chief of the Snow Infant Clan.

This woman looked very similar to a human cultivator, but her hair was snow-white, and in the center of the back of each hand, there was a prismatic ice crystal embedded.

Inside the prismatic ice crystals, one can vaguely see the outline of a less than full-month-old, curled-up fetus.

This characteristic is the origin of the name of the Snow Infant Tribe.

"Snow Infant Ice Crystal" is similar to the Dantian of a cultivator. It not only provides the Snow Infant clan with additional mana, but also, if developed to the extreme, can enable them to give birth to the "Second Yuanying" and "Third Yuanying".

But unfortunately, this tribe is similar to the Lei Peng tribe. It is extremely difficult for them to have offspring. Even if the tribe members are very talented, it is difficult for them to be among the strong tribes in the spiritual world.

"Chief Xuesong, now that both our forces have arrived, it is time to hold a sword-testing meeting to decide who will own this Stone Cocoon Secret Realm..."

The leader of the Bloodstone Clan had a sinister look in his eyes. He bowed to the patriarch of the Snow Infant Clan from a distance and spoke in a cold tone.

At this moment, although they were at a disadvantage in terms of combined power, as a powerful tribe among the Ten Spirit Clans, the strength of the human cultivators was not false. Not to mention fighting one against two, with mutual cooperation, it was no problem for them to overwhelm this group of "scattered soldiers" of alien combined forces.

"Of course the sword test competition must be held."

"But the rules need to be changed... Fighting one against one in the ring is too boring."

The Snow Infant Clan leader smiled slightly, turned his head and pointed at the group of Void Refining cultivators behind him, "How about letting them enter the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm together and fight against the cultivators of your sect? The time limit is one month. After one month, whichever side has the most survivors and has collected the most Stone Spirit Cocoons will be the winner."

As soon as these words were spoken, the leader of the Bloodstone Sect instinctively refused.

He had full confidence in the elites of his own sect and the senior monks of the Three Mountains sect.

But... since this proposal was made by the Snow Infant Clan, then inevitably, the rules will definitely be in favor of the alien race, there is no doubt about it.

Secondly, although the human race's refining cultivators who came this time were only at the initial stage of refining cultivators and could not be considered the "immortal seedlings" that the various sects had high hopes for, if he lost one or two, it would be difficult for him to explain to the top leaders of other sects.

However, just when the leader of the Bloodstone Sect was about to refuse, the Snow Infant Clan leader's next light words made his expression change drastically.

"Could it be that your sect is afraid of hurting the nine-orifice stone man that is about to be born in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm?"

"How did you know about this?" The Blood Stone Sect's leader's expression changed slightly and he looked coldly at the Snow Infant Clan leader.

The reason why he was determined to obtain this "Stone Cocoon Secret Realm" and even asked the Three Mountain Taoist Sect to come to help was because of the nine-orifice stone man that was about to be born in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm.

There is no other reason, this nine-orifice stone man is a top-grade spiritual creature that is rare even in the spiritual world!

Such spiritual objects contain the creation of heaven and earth and are treasures condensed from natural rules. They play a strong auxiliary role in helping cultivators comprehend the corresponding rules of heaven and earth.

This kind of "Tao treasure" is a rare treasure for any force or any ethnic group. It is a treasure that can truly enhance the power and ethnic group's foundation!

The reason why the three hegemonic clans and the ten spirit clans are so powerful, in addition to having many lower realms to provide "incense", is because of years of accumulation. The clan has enough "Tao treasures" that can allow the cultivators in the clan to advance to the fusion realm in batches.

In short, although these Taoist treasures are far inferior to the "Five Essence Pills" and other elixir-breaking elixirs, they play an irreplaceable role in the clan - as long as the base number of Void Refining cultivators is large enough, even if the Taoist treasures can only increase the probability by 10% or 20%, the number of Fusion cultivators in the clan can be visibly increased compared to other clans.

"How I learned this is not something that Sect Master Liu needs to be concerned about. Sect Master Liu only needs to know that if my Snow Infant Clan does not agree, it will be impossible for you, the Bloodstone Clan, to obtain this Nine-Aperture Stone Man... At worst, you can destroy this Stone Cocoon Secret Realm and completely destroy this Nine-Aperture Stone Man."

The Snow Infant Tribe leader narrowed his eyes, raised one hand, and a green flag instantly appeared in his hand. The terrifying spiritual pressure caused the surrounding space to crack and shatter instantly, and space cracks several feet in size appeared.

It is not difficult to imagine that if the Snow Infant Tribe leader took action, even if he could not win, it would not be difficult to destroy the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, a dead object, in the battle.

Upon seeing this, the expression of the leader of the Blood Stone Sect also changed, and his face became uncertain.

He already understood what the Snow Infant Clan leader meant.

——In the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, the winner will be decided by a real fight, and at the same time, in this secret realm, the ownership of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man will be decided by a duel.

Jiang Lingzi, Master Jianyang and Old Monk Xuanku, who were standing by, couldn't help but frown after hearing this.

They would never give up the Taoist treasure, the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, nor would they watch it being destroyed.

But... at this moment, we can't just sit back and watch these foreigners' "evil plots" succeed.

They didn't know what confidence these aliens had to dare to propose a life-and-death battle in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, but they knew that if they agreed so easily, it would definitely be disadvantageous to them.

"Brother Jianyang, can your sword eyes see the hidden cards of these alien cultivators?" The old monk Xuanku's wrinkled face showed a look of sorrow. He put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name before asking.

There are many spiritual pupil secret techniques in the world of cultivation. Wenjian Mountain, which is one of the Three Mountains Taoist sects, also has a spiritual pupil secret technique called "Sword Eye" handed down from generation to generation.

This secret technique of the spiritual pupil can not only be used to see through the enemy's movements and gain the initiative in a fight, but also has the wonderful use of spying on the strength of a cultivator.

Hearing this, Master Jianyang did not refuse. His eyes flashed with a faint white light and he looked at the alien cultivator in the opposite side.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "Although there are a few powerful cultivators in this group of alien races, it is difficult for them to crush the cultivators of our race..."

"At most... it's equal." Master Jianyang paused and gave his own judgment.

"Then where do they get the confidence to dare to propose a life-and-death fight in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm to snatch the Nine-Aperture Stone Man?"

The leader of the Bloodstone Sect was puzzled and frowned.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
If he could see through the "trump cards" of these alien cultivators, he would not be afraid even if he knew there were one or two strong men among them.

But the problem is, I can’t tell…

The unknown is the most difficult to solve.

“Could it be that these alien cultivators are secretly holding some powerful magic treasures or secret techniques?” Master Jianyang asked in a serious tone.

"The secret technique is hard to know, but the problem of powerful spiritual treasures is easy to solve. I only need to set up a formation barrier at the entrance of the secret realm to restrict spiritual treasures above the sixth level from entering."

At this time, Jiang Lingzi, a senior formation master, also interrupted.

Hearing this, the tense expressions of the Bloodstone Sect's leader, Master Jianyang, and Old Monk Xuanku relaxed a little.

There is a formation barrier to "screen"...

No matter how unexpectedly these alien cultivators attack, the danger will be kept to a minimum.

"If we fail in the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm this time, the worst that can happen is that we can just attack these foreign cultivators. With our combined strength, we should be able to kill a combined cultivator in a snap..."

"By then, even if the Nine-Aperture Stone Man is lost, it will be worth it."

Master Jianyang was the most murderous person and made this suggestion viciously.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lingzi, the old monk Xuan Ku, and the leader of the Xueshi Sect also became very interested.

The Snow Infant Clan leader was determined to "burn both sides together" and forced them to agree to change the rules of the sword fighting competition. Then, if they failed, they could also "fight to the death"...

Anyway, the war just broke out first!
"Then agree to it!"

The leader of the Blood Stone Sect made a prompt decision and voted in favor.

This place is the home ground of the Blood Stone Sect. After the Sect Master of the Blood Stone Sect agrees, Jiang Lingzi and others will naturally have no objections.

Wei Tu and other Void-Refining cultivators may be the ancestors of a sect and have an extraordinary status in other places, but here, they are undoubtedly just “small characters” who are at the mercy of others.

No one asks for their opinion.

Fortunately, as an "elder", Jiang Lingzi still secretly gave Wei Tu some instructions before the war.

"Later, after entering the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm, if you are unable to do anything, save yourself first. Of course, it would be best if you could kill a Void Refiner from another race, so that... you can exchange for the sixth-level body-refining spiritual objects, and you will have enough..."

Jiang Lingzi didn't have much hope for Wei Tu.

With the blessing of the fifth-order peak body refining realm, Wei Tu has decent strength in the initial stage of refining emptiness, but in this Stone Cocoon Secret Realm where geniuses gather, he is undoubtedly lost in the crowd.

Therefore, his highest expectation for Wei Tu was to ensure that he could survive here and walk out of the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm safely.

"Kill a Void Refiner from another race..."

Hearing this, Wei Tu couldn't help but feel that the situation was tricky. Although he was confident that he had the strength of the middle stage of the Refining Void Realm, killing and winning in a fight were still completely different.

This means that you must have the strength to crush your opponent!
But what made him most hesitant was the formation barrier set up at the entrance of the secret realm by Jiang Lingzi and the chieftain of the Snow Infant tribe.

Although he did not have a seventh-tier spiritual treasure on him, he had a "Tongtian spiritual treasure" that was better than a seventh-tier spiritual treasure.

If this treasure were "abandoned" outside the secret realm, then his greatest trump card against the Void Refining cultivators would be completely gone.

Besides this, this treasure should not be disclosed. Once these powerful beings know about it, it will be unknown whether the elders of the human race will still have good intentions towards him, let alone the alien race.

"Let's try it first..."

"At worst, just throw it to the Bloodwing Moke."

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly and he made a plan in his mind.

The sixth-level spirit pet is also a treasure that is prohibited from being brought into this sword fighting competition.

However, Wei Tu still informed Jiang Lingzi beforehand.

Tell Jiang Lingzi that he is carrying a sixth-level spirit beast, and see if Jiang Lingzi can control the formation barrier and exempt him.

——Now, the Blood-Winged Moke has completed the tribulation. On the surface, it is no different from an ordinary sixth-level spiritual beast, unless... it reveals its true spiritual bloodline, or is examined closely by a fusion cultivator.

As for the latter, Wei Tu thought that it would be difficult for Jiang Lingzi to do so in public, considering his personality.

"A sixth-rank spirit beast?" Jiang Lingzi was genuinely surprised when he heard Wei Tu's words - he never expected that in addition to Wei Tu's breakthrough to the realm of refining emptiness in such a short period of time, he also had the energy to subdue a sixth-rank spirit beast of the same level.

However, this is indeed a good thing for the human race at this moment.

"We can give it a try." Jiang Lingzi nodded and agreed. (End of this chapter)